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...Bill Zeliff (R-N.H.) demanded that former Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen explain why he apparently did nothing to deter federal agents under his jurisdiction from using tear gas at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, even after his deputy, Roger Altman, had warned of "the risks of a tragedy" in a memo. "Isn't this an alarm crying out for some responsible action?" Zeliff asked. "Didn'tRoger Altmansound the alarm?" Bentsen responded: "The responsibility at that point was the Justice Department and the FBI. That was their jurisdiction. I had other responsibilities to attend to. I thought...
...will have to weather new congressional hearings into the 1993 federal siege in which 91 people died near Waco, Texas. TIME's Elaine Shannon reports that two GOP-dominated House committees plan to begin eight days of testimony by examining whether the ATF should have targeted the Branch Davidian compound in the first place. "It's hard to find anybody in Washington who thinks they did," she says. "The Clinton Administration cannot come out of this looking very good, since the Branch Davidians died in circumstances that will remain murky." But Republicans, some of whom have openly courted...
...indictments continue to mount forAum leader Shoko Asahara.Police have now charged him with having a disciple strangled to death after the man attempted to escape the cult's Mt. Fuji compound. Police last week arrested Asahara's wife, who they suspect was also involved in the murder...
...Salk was able to realize a lifelong dream when he became director of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies at a magnificent compound designed by Louis Kahn, on an oceanfront promontory in La Jolla, California. It attracted scientists in many fields to pursue biomedical research. In 1970, two years after divorcing his first wife, Salk married Francoise Gilot, the onetime companion and muse of Pablo Picasso and mother of two of Picasso's children...
...dawn on Saturday, government forces stormed the hospital compound. After a four-hour fire fight, the troops seized the ground floor of the main building but encountered heavy resistance from the terrorists, who held most of the hostages on the top floors. Women holding white sheets were pushed to the windows as targets. Both sides agreed to a cease-fire, and 227 hostages were freed; but shooting resumed again after five hours. When a second Russian attempt to storm the hospital failed, an uneasy stalemate settled in. Chernomyrdin moved to break the deadlock by calling rebel leader Basayev directly...